Liz The New Me

I was told from another V Sleeve that to warned your family and friends. Your emotions can go off the charts at times

I sooooo feel your frustration. I went thru it too. 3 weeks and the scale not moving. I just posted that on week 4 the scale moved. I asked the doctor and he said it ok to step on the scale everyday but you have to keep your mind that it is only a data entry. You have to look at it as data and what is the big picture. A week out , month out, year out. Our body's change every day. Holding water, bloating, gaining muscle, to many things can effect our weight. When the doctor looked at my weight he said it is moving down not up! It so does freak our minds out when we have been seeing the scale move daily and now our bodies is adjusting to a new way of living. Our new goal is to get more water and protein in anyway we can and just consecrate on that only right now. I set my goal for my daughters wedding in Dec. 2019. Look out Hot Dress!

Thanks I do. I love the Baritastic app. Congrats on your weight loss!!!

So today went to the doctor and of course the scale moves. Just like brining your car in for service, everything is working fine. ?

Only think of these topics as guides. So if they are happing to you then you know it is normal and you are not alone.

Thanks for listening! You have your name RIGHT! Love your pic. Make up is perfect. You are doing a GREAT job on your weight loss journey.

Today is 4 week post op from the sleeve. I had a 3 week stall on the scale. Talk about frustrating. Don't know if it was my doing or just recovery time for the stomach. But it finally move on the scale today. Went to doctor today and I thought it's like when you bring your car in for service and everything is working just fine. LOL But the Doc said tracking it daily is ok but look at it as an average. What is the average weekly, monthly. Do not get hung up on the daily because it could be anything from holding water, bm, more muscle's. So tracking the average loss per week or month is a better guide of how you are doing. So that is a relief that nothing is wrong or that I'm not screwing it up! Learning to eat as slow as Molasses is the next chapter, when you are full pretty much all the time. Stay strong everyone. ??

Today is my 4 week post op Sleeve. I had the stall for 3 weeks. ? Totally frustrating and I stopped the scale weighting daily too. But finally this are moving again. A big learning curve .

Thank you for listening to me rant. I’m giving it till Friday to call in.

I tried scrambled egg soft chicken nope. Not staying down. I’m trying to be patient but not loosing any weight is throwing me for a loop.

I'm trying not to panic. I'm thinking of everything what I'm doing, is it right, wrong? What is going on? First couple of days weight is coming off just like before the surgery. Having hard time getting in all the 64oz. water like before. Taking me an hour to get down the 8 oz. protein shake, on 3 shakes a day now. Tried moving on to the puree food and the only thing will keep down is creamy soup. Tried smashing down, tuna, hard boiled egg. Nope came back up. I tried cottage cheese and ricotta it will stay down. Someone had said that maybe your intestine is inflamed from the cheese. So I stopped eating it and after 4 days went down one pound. So I'm not doing any dairy products now. I guess I have to wait till my next visit with doctor on the 17th. I just don't know, maybe my stomach is a slow healer and needs more time? I just want to move on to the meal plan schedule and not feel so full every time I drink one sip. Thanks for listening to me get it off my chest.

Most grocery store should have it. Called Traditional Medicinals Smooth Move. I found it at Earth Fare.

I can't handle taking another pill, so I found a herbal tea call smooth move. It counts for 8oz of water to your goal of 64 oz a day. Which I still have a hard time to reach. But I drink the tea at night and in the morning BM.

Well still nothing changing. I tried add pureed food and got sick on Sunday. Was not able to keep it down. Waited 2 hrs. Then had a protein shake. Had some hot tea called smooth move, yep no movement there either in 4 days. Stomach wants nothing to do with food. Driving me crazy. I just read that someone started using the vitamin patch and / or the liquid vitamin ones and got out of the stall and back on track. Sorry I did not respond on sooner. LIFE

Look into the store the Vitamin Shoppe or online they have a big section. That's were I had to go for mine. Because I am allergic to soy and sugar substitute.

Try some Benadryl

I'm right there with you on this to this day. Eggs and even the Ricotta Cheese stuck in my throat. Even felt like someone had stabbed me in the chest. Just had to wait it out and slip small amount of water. Everything is still swollen and it needs more time to move to the next step. Cottage cheese is working for me the small curds.

Thank you for showing me where it was. I just didn't know what "tickers" was. LOL

Thank you! I did not know what "Tickers" was so I left it alone. LOL

I had my V Sleeve done on 9/17/18. I was freaking out because I had no weight loss in 5 days. When you are getting used to see the scale go down then it stops I was worried also. But I called my friend and thought it was just me or I'm doing something wrong. I'm exercising more and started added food and thought I'm going back to just shakes. LOL She said keep your eye on the bigger picture like a year out. She said it happen to her also. Thinks it your body adjusting itself to the weight loss. She had a month with no loss then one day down 5 lbs. So I guess I'm Normal. LOL

I see all these different types of rulers that mark their weight lost and goals at the bottom of their response. Where do you find that?

Before the sleeve I was only able to sleep 4 hours. Then I found this supplement at Earth Fare supermarket for around 19.00 and it worked for me. Took about 4 days for it to kick in. But I took it just before bedtime and it seems to straighten my system out. I hope this will work for you also.

Thank you! I have always known that when I'm hurting inside food was my go to and calm me down. I think that is the hardest thing to relearn to stop. Dieting is easy. Family just could not believe that 2 weeks on liquid only. But this is for me! I am first priority Now. I put everyone first and me second. I want the me on the inside to come out.

Thank you for your reply, proudgrammy. Love your stats, that gives me hope. You took it off and are keeping it off. Proud of you! So glad I found this site. Only have one person to talk to for advise the others don't understand. Yesterday I just had my first appointment with my NEW family doctor. So grateful to find a doctor who understands this process, knows what to look for and does not think it's the easy way out. Again Thank you!

Are you getting enough water in you? Try the protein shake that is a meal replacement that helped me curve the hunger. Because I can not have soy I got the band called Garden of Life.